Police in Ekurhuleni arrested a 46-year-old man, who is the owner of the house where a reported stolen vehicle, a Toyota Starlet, was parked.
The small hatchback was recovered in the Tembisa area, according to Lieutenant Colonel Kelebogile Thepa, spokesperson for the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD).
Acting on a tip-off from a reliable source, about a suspected stolen motor vehicle parked inside a yard on Brian Mazibuko Street, law enforcers responded. On arrival, the EMPD crime-fighting unit found a parked black Toyota Starlet, fitted with false number/registration plates and it was tested, said Thepa.
Results came back and officers learned that the Starlet was recently reported stolen in the Meyerton area, she said.
The house occupant, in possession of the suspicious vehicles car keys, was interviewed and since he failed the test, he was handcuffed and taken to the Tembisa police station.
